Mathematical Problem Solving (Summer 2019)

Description. This course will develop the student's ability to solve challenging mathematical problems. Students will work both collaboratively and individually on competition problems pulled from the AMC 10/12 (American Mathematics Competition).

Student Responsibilities. Students should bring a writing utensil and a notebook. Chromebooks will be provided by the school, but students are welcome to bring their own if they prefer.

Calendar.
The problem sets in this course consist of problems chosen from the AMC 12A/B exams for 2017-19 and the AMC 10A/B exams for 2014-16. The 300 problems were categorized according to topic area and then arranged into 19 problem sets, each consisting of 10-20 problems. The warmups consist of 200 problems chosen from the AMC 8 exams for 2009-18 (problems 1-20 only).

Day Number	Date	Warmup	Problem Set
Day 1	6/10/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Fractions, Rates, and Percents (Part 1)
Day 2	6/11/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Counting and Optimization (Part 1)
Day 3	6/12/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Divisibility, Digits, and Bases
Day 4	6/13/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Miscellaneous Geometry (Part 1)
Day 5	6/17/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Logic
Day 6	6/18/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Circles and Spheres
Day 7	6/19/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Miscellaneous Functions
Day 8	6/20/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Miscellaneous Geometry (Part 2)
Day 9	6/24/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Systems
Day 10	6/25/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Probability
Day 11	6/26/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Symmetry and Complex Numbers
Day 12	6/27/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Miscellaneous Geometry (Part 3)
Day 13	7/1/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Polynomials and Roots
Day 14	7/2/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Data
Day 15	7/3/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Miscellaneous Geometry (Part 4)
Day 16	7/8/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Counting and Optimization (Part 2)
Day 17	7/9/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Fractions, Rates, and Percents (Part 2)
Day 18	7/10/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Sequences, Series, and Recursion
Day 19	7/11/19	AMC 8 Warmup	Miscellaneous Geometry (Part 5)